World Screen

SILVER SPRING, December 12: Planet Green, the new 24/7 eco-lifestyle network from Discovery Communications that is set to launch in 2008, has begun production on the original prime-time series Wa$ted! Hosted by Annabelle Gurwitch, who has served as host for …

SYDNEY, December 12: Australia’s Beyond Distribution has sold two additional seasons of the money-themed series Maxed Out to Comcast Entertainment Group’s The Style Network in the U.S. The series, produced by RTR Media, features a money coach who gives tell-it-like-it-is …

LOS ANGELES, December 12: Hearst Magazines Digital Media has agreed to supply a range of original female-skewing video programming from its magazine brands to the new Internet TV service NEXT.TV. Hearst Magazines, a unit of Hearst Corporation, is one of …

NEW YORK, December 12: Nickelodeon announced today that it will close 2007 as the number-one basic cable network among total viewers aged 2 and older and across all core kids' demos. This marks Nickelodeon’s 13th straight year as the number-one …

UNIVERSAL CITY/SYDNEY, December 12: In a new multi-year deal, NBC Universal International Television Distribution has granted Seven Network the exclusive terrestrial television rights in Australia to a selection of its current, library and upcoming feature films and television programming. Under …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/SUNNYVALE/SINGAPORE, December 12: The business news network CNBC has agreed to distribute video clips from its global television networks as well as articles from its online portal to the Yahoo! Finance website. The deal marks CNBC’s first global online …

NEW YORK, December 12: MTV Networks has reached a deal to make available for free on AOL Video clips of a range of its content, culled from, among others, the Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and Spike TV brands. Beginning later …

NEW YORK, December 12: HBO is to become the first broadcaster to receive ratings for its on-demand offerings, inking a deal with The Nielsen Company for measurement of the usage of its SVOD services. Nielsen will measure usage of HBO …

LONDON, December 12: As part of an effort to grow its non-scripted output, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has made an investment in the independent Dutch television production company Tuvalu Media, taking an equity stake in the business. Additionally, SPTI …

NEW YORK, December 12: Following the success of the September launch of WorldScreenings.com, WSN INC., the leading publishing group for the international content industry, has bolstered its online offerings with TVLatinaScreenings.tv, a Spanish-language video portal. Like WorldScreenings.com—with more than 20,000 …